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Definition of Kiddier
1. n. A huckster; a cadger.
Definition of Kiddier
1. Noun. (obsolete) A huckster; a cadger. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Kiddier
1. a forestaller [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Kiddier
Literary usage of Kiddier
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Suffolk Words and Phrases: Or, An Attempt to Collect the Lingual Localisms by Edward Moor (1823)
"In Scotland " Crane is a barrel of hen-ings." J. KIDDER. See kiddier. ... Kid-
ger, or kiddier. These cages or frames were made of wicker or rushes (easily ..."
2. The Vocabulary of East Anglia: An Attempt to Record the Vulgar Tongue of the by Robert Forby (1830)
"kiddier, KIDGER, s. one who buys up fowls, eggs, pork, &c. at farm-houses, or
rears them himself, and carries them to market. He is the same person with ..."
3. A Dictionary of English Etymology by Hensleigh Wedgwood, John Christopher Atkinson (1872)
"... a hod or basket for carrying on the back. Boh. koss, a basket, anything made
of wicker. kiddier.—Cadger. A packman or travelling huxter. ..."
4. The Gaelic Etymology of the Languages of Western Europe and More Especially by Charles Mackay (1877)
"Ceud, first; ie a firstborn child, afterwards, when the original meaning was
lost, applied to children generally. kiddier.— A cadger, a pedlar, a travelling ..."
5. Publications by English Dialect Society (1896)
"kiddier, Kidger. One who buys up fowls, eggs, pork, &c., at farmhouses, or rears
them himself, and carries them to market. He is the same person with Ray's ..."
6. A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (1850)
"kiddier. A huckster. East. KIDDLE. (1) A dam or open wear in a river, with a loop
or narrow cut in it, accommodated for the laying of engines to catch fish. ..."
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